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Originally Posted by Mad Max
I have a pretty heavy cold, usual stuff for this time of year, in fact, I rarely pick up anything, must be the red wine 
Did I take a test, nope, and have no intention of doing so. |
You potentially should if you're off out anywhere as there's a reasonable chance it could actually be covid.
But in the hypothetical sense, where exactly do we draw the line with this ultimately being "over"? I'd personally right now draw the line at asymptomatic testing; though there is a possibility someone has covid with no symptoms at all, it's probably more likely they do have some, even if it's just mild tiredness, headache, a slightly iffy throat, blocked nose etc. If you're not coughing or sneezing all over the place which forces out then any aerosols are going to come from breathing, talking, singing, etc which isn't as much. Longer term we can't keep testing anyone with any symptoms which aren't normal for them because we'd still need to be giving out LFTs and keeping them around just in case. At some point that does have to end.